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I am fairly new to the Subaru community and have just bought my first WRX. I bought a new ...

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Hi,
I am fairly new to the Subaru community and have just bought my first WRX. I bought a new 2013 WRX STI a few days ago and am loving the car already and look forward to some mountain driving. I live in Atlanta and only have a short drive to the North Georgia Mountains where there are many curves and elevation changes that make driving a car like this FUN!

Why am I here?
Well to be honest, I love cars! We traded in my wife's 2014 Forester XT Touring to get me my STI. I gave her my 2013 Charger SRT8 (490HP with mods) because she just loved the power of the V8. I like handling and have auto crossed in the past so I have an appreciation of "control". I feel like I can always learn more and would like to help others if I can. So forgive me for my stupid question post right now because I know that I don't know everything!

Cars of my past....
Evo 10, it was love hate relationship that HATE finally won and it was sold!
Civic SI, loved it but wife wanted something new.
VW's of all make and model and even a TDI Cup.
Mustangs, SVO's, 5.0's, and even a 2013 GT that would NOT handle to save my life.
68 Mustang, in garage now
69 Camaro, in garage now
12 Jeep Wrangler JKU BUILT, in garage now
Harley...hope to sell soon to buy go fast stuff for my STI!

- WillFirst Mods: What to do and what not to do
Current Car: 2014 Golf TDI
Previous Cars:2012 WRB WRX Hatch, 2004 RSX-S, 1998 Grand Prix GTP
"Isn't it amazing how smart you feel when you just aren't being stupid?"

Not sure yet. Hit 100 miles last night. I was driving last night and noticed the car felt twitchy but thought it was me, you know new car and all. So I went home and checked the air in the tires and all had 37-38psi in them. I looked on the door and it says 33 front and 32 rear....I lowered the air pressure accordingly and the car drives much more stable. On that drive I noticed that it felt like it was pulling to the right. I'm like, WTF. I drove around for about 15 minutes and took it home. Calling the dealership today to have them check the alignment. Not the best start for new car ownership.

Nothing with the car I just did not like it. It was hard to live with on a daily basis. NO power unless you were full on boost, VERY loud with stock exhaust, seats were not comfortable at all. I drove the car from Atlanta to Tail of the Dragon, completely wore out the tires and then got rid of it. That trip taught me that I could not live with the car. Oh, the one big that on the EVO that always annoyed me was that the spoiler was right were the car behind you was, you knew a car was there but could never see it....

The Subie is much more comfortable so far but time will tell. Planning a light mountain run this weekend to get familiar with the new car if I can get it to drive straight.

Not sure yet. Hit 100 miles last night. I was driving last night and noticed the car felt twitchy but thought it was me, you know new car and all. So I went home and checked the air in the tires and all had 37-38psi in them. I looked on the door and it says 33 front and 32 rear....I lowered the air pressure accordingly and the car drives much more stable. On that drive I noticed that it felt like it was pulling to the right. I'm like, WTF. I drove around for about 15 minutes and took it home. Calling the dealership today to have them check the alignment. Not the best start for new car ownership.

thanks,
Phillip

Congrats Phillip!!

After reading this post it made me wonder.....

Did you lower the air pressure right after driving the car when you found 37 - 38 lbs air in the tires? If so, dropping them to 32 - 33 might have been too low. Depending on the air temp, driving, and distance....tires will gain pressure when hot. They might be too low now.

You've probably thought of this, but just in case I thought I'd toss it out there. Again, congrats and welcome!!

Yes, I thought of that also, thanks for the feedback. I took the car into Stivers Subaru this morning and they found that the car was out of alignment. Don't know how that happened in a boat trip plus 4 miles but it can happen.

The car drives GREAT now. Very happy! Look out North GA Mountains!

thanks,
Phillip

Originally Posted by XRedJar

Congrats Phillip!!

After reading this post it made me wonder.....

Did you lower the air pressure right after driving the car when you found 37 - 38 lbs air in the tires? If so, dropping them to 32 - 33 might have been too low. Depending on the air temp, driving, and distance....tires will gain pressure when hot. They might be too low now.

You've probably thought of this, but just in case I thought I'd toss it out there. Again, congrats and welcome!!

Welcome to Club!
As somebody who lives in the ATL area and who's had both a Charger SRT8 and a stage 2 STi, the STi is way more fun to drive IMHO. Especially on anything that is not a clean, dry, straight piece of pavement.
Enjoy

-The J

"Driving most supercars is like trying to manhandle a cow up a back staircase. . . This is like smearing honey into Keira Knightly" -JC

I agree, I took the Charger SRT8 to Tail of the Dragon last month. It was fun but it was like wrestling a bear! It was heavy and you never new when it was going to bite your head off!

Both cars are in the driveway now so I'll be able to continue to contrast them but since the alignment is fixed on the STI it drives really nice. I was trying to figure out a way to describe the contrast between the two rides and I came up with this.

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